Like It Like That (A Tribe Called Quest song)

"Like It Like That"
Single by A Tribe Called Quest
from the album The Love Movement
B-side "Pad & Pen"
Released 1998
Format 12" promo single
Genre alternative hip hop
Length 2:46
Label Jive
Writer(s) Kamaal Fareed, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Malik Taylor,
Producer(s) The Ummah
A Tribe Called Quest singles chronology
"Find a Way"
(1998)
"Like It Like That"
(1998)
"We The People"
(2016)

"Like It Like That" is the second single by hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, from their album The Love Movement.[1] It samples The Gap Band's 1980 song "Yearning for Your Love".[2] The single was released solely as a promo-copy, had no music video, and received minimal radio airplay, being the only Tribe single not to reach any Billboard chart.

Track listing

  1. "Like It Like That" (Radio Version)
  2. "Like It Like That" (Album Version)
  3. "Like It Like That" (Instrumental)
  4. "Pad & Pen" (featuring D-Life) (Radio Version)
  5. "Pad & Pen" (featuring D-Life) (Album Version)
  6. "Pad & Pen" (Instrumental)

Reception

Matt Kimmel of Western High School from Florida (via Sun-Sentinel) called this song his "personal favorite" and "a perfect jam that shows the group's true essence." He also wrote, "Smooth vocals, smart lyrics and amazing beats take your ears on a journey."[3] The song was listed on the CMJ New Music Report Beat Box top 40 chart for at least twelve weeks as of March 1, 1999. It peaked at number ten.[4]

References

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